Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of actions taken to provide additional college places to students who have qualified for a different course following a review on foot of coding errors identified in the calculated grades process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30238/20]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Following the conclusion of the review of the code used to generate Calculated Grades, improved Calculated Grades results were transmitted to the CAO on Saturday 3^rdOctober. The CAO subsequently identified 485 students who were entitled to an higher preference CAO offer as a result of their improved grades. As of CAO Round 4, which was issued on Thursday 8^thOctober, all of these students have received an offer to take up a place in their new course in the current academic year.